Best Coffee in Dublin: 3rd Floor Espresso
Posted on January 29th, 2010
I visited the Dublin Barista, Colin Harmon in his five week old establishment, the 3rd Floor Espresso, on Middle Abbey Street, across the Luas tracks from Arnotts. A more dedicated, passionate barista you will not meet. In a world of mediocre coffee, this is an oasis of great honest coffee.
You won’t get your Tall or Grande Decaff Skinny Soya Latte here. What you will get is a coffee made with the care of a skilled craftsman. And it’s only €2.
With an almost obsessive attention to detail, fresh coffee is carefully sourced from around the world – not just where it’s grown but also from the best places for roasting (one of which happens to be Norway).
It’s then weighed and measured for each cup. If it’s a latte, you’ve ordered, you’ll get “barista art” on top, how the frothed milk is carefully layered on top. This, of course, is no gratuitous doodling, it’s the work of The Barista champion of Ireland and 4th place finisher in the world, Colin Harmon.
His place is the 3rd Floor Espresso on Middle Abbey Street. Dublin coffee lovers have a new Mecca.
More on 3rd floor coffee
On Twitter: twitter.com/3fe
Web: thirdfloorespresso.com (and Colin’s blog, Dublin Barista)
Video: featured in Steve Leighton’s In My Mug video blog, below
From a Canadian coffee roaster,barista and someone who has seen Colin’s skill up close at the world championships last year in Atlanta. Dublin take note.Many cities unilaterally declare themselves to be in possession of “world class” facilities,restaurants etc. Mostly it tends to be hyperbole and exaggeration, in this case it is not. Having access to the coffee and skills served up at 3FE on a daily basis is a gift to the city. Take advantage of it!
It’s damn fine coffee alright ,bought a bag of the ‘Frosty’ blend during the week , best coffee I ever got . That hi-octane kick ,sweet fresh character, more ‘crema’ ‘head’ then a pint of stout . Top, Top stuff ,Beautiful :-).
Wow! Thanks for that Richard. I thought there was something special about the coffee, alright!
Ken, Colin mentioned you had bagged yourself some coffee.
Fantastic! My first pit stop on Monday….
oh wow – I hadn’t realised I could get such good coffee in Dublin – the next time I’m up I’m there!
thanks for the heads up!
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